done ttrrugh an open forum section oo white-house-ddt- gov... which allows citizens to create petitions bout offfcial rrsponse from he white house... if they reach signaturrss marylann'ss petition for secession was created on monday... and now signatures.-thousand - 16:49 f maryland were to become its own counttry it's countty, and i wouldn't likk i think that the united states &pof aaerica is the greatest &pcountry in the world ann it's that way because it's united states, so it should probabll stay united states laughs 58 58maryyann'sspetition remains aboutt23-thoosand signatures short of the 255thousand mark. some may hink maryland leavvng the united ssates is an interesting idea... but thh sttte would take a áhugeá hit because of how tted maryland &pis to he federal government. governmmnt.maryland is the country's 3rd biggest recipient of federal money per capita.the only states head hundred-thousand residents are if e left theeu-s... they'd eas be looking for a ob. job.maryland also receives a lot of money for ressarch. johns hopkinssuniv